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The Sun Devil women’s basketball team (12-0) concludes non-conference play and a stretch of three straight road games on Tuesday (7 p.m. MST/6 p.m. PST) when it plays at Gonzaga (6-4).

Gonzaga will be the second opponent in as many games in which ASU will be going against well-rested team. On Sunday, ASU faced an Oregon State squad that was playing for the first time since Dec. 7. When ASU takes the court in Spokane, Wash., on Tuesday, it will be facing a Gonzaga squad playing its first game since Dec. 6.

On Sunday (Dec. 21), the Sun Devils will open Big 12 conference play when they host Colorado (5 p.m. MST).  

Watch/Listen

Tuesday’s game at Gonzaga can be seen on ESPN+ (Greg Heister/Stephanie Hawk-Freeman/AJ Howell) and heard on KDUS AM 1060 (coverage will start at 6:30 p.m. MST). The state of Arizona’s 2010 and 2019 Broadcaster of the Year Jeff Munn, who on Dec. 4, 2025 was named a recipient of the Arizona Media Association Lifetime Service Award, is in his 22nd season as the voice of ASU WBB.

Last game

  • Last-Tear Poa’s 3-pointer with 16 seconds remaining in overtime provided the Sun Devil women’s basketball team with what proved to be the game-winning points in ASU’s 55-53 win at Oregon State (6-5) on Sunday. With the win, the Sun Devils moved to 12-0 and continued to build on the best start in program history.
  • Heloisa Carrera and McKinna Brackens tied for the team lead in scoring with 12 points each. Carerra led the team with seven rebounds, while Brackens scored nine of her points in the fourth quarter and overtime.
  • ASU’s 11 turnovers tied its second-lowest total of the season (vs. Eastern Washington on Nov. 8). The Sun Devils had a season-low 10 turnovers vs. SEMO (Nov. 29).
  • The two teams combined for eight points in overtime (ASU 5, OSU 3). The Sun Devils did not allow OSU to score after it took the lead with a 3-pointer 57 seconds into the extra session.

2025-26 Sun Devils make history

On Dec. 6, 2025, this year’s Sun Devil squad broke a 33-year-old record after it defeated San Francisco 67-44. By starting the season 10-0 (now 12-0), the 2025-26 Sun Devils established a new program standard for most consecutive wins to start a season. The current cast of Sun Devils eclipsed the record held by the 1992-93 team (9-0), coached by current Sun Devil radio analyst Maura McHugh.

In good company 

As of games played through Dec. 14, ASU was one of 12 teams in the nation with an unbeaten record. Of those 12 teams, ASU was one of four Big 12 teams, joining Iowa State (12-0), Texas Tech (12-0) and TCU (11-0).

Did you know as a head coach Molly Miller....?

  • Entered the 2025-26 campaign third in winning percentage among active coaches who have served at least five years as a Division I head coach. At the outset of the 2025-26 campaign, Miller (84.4 pct/297-55 career record) trailed only legendary coaches Geno Auriemma (88.3 percent/1,250-165 career record) and Kim Mulkey (85.9 percent/754-124 career record).
  • Has won her last 42 non-NCAA Tournament games going back to last season when she was coaching at Grand Canyon University.
  • Has won her last 31 home games going back to the 2023-24 season when she was the head coach at GCU.
  • Won her 300th game as an NCAA head coach on Nov. 13, 2025.
  • Miller’s first Sun Devil squad set a new standard for the best start in program history (10-0, now 12-0) after ASU defeated San Francisco on Dec. 6.

Series notes vs. Gonzaga

ASU has prevailed in the four all-time meetings vs. Gonzaga (last in 2007, a 78-60 win in Tempe). Nineteen years ago (Dec. 6, 2006), the two teams had their only meeting in Spokane, an 81-66 ASU win.

Dominant Devil defense  

  • Only two of ASU’s 12 opponents – Santa Clara (77 points) and Penn State (60 points) – have scored more than 58 points.
  • Only one opponent (Santa Clara, 37 points) has scored more than 25 points in the first half.
  • ASU has held the opposition to 13 or fewer points in a quarter (52.0 ppg average) 25 times this season, including single digits 12 times.
  • In its 67-44 win vs. San Francisco (Dec. 6), ASU held the Dons more than 30 points below their scoring average.
  • ASU’s 56-53 win over UNLV (Nov. 22) represented the first time the Lady Rebels were held to 53 or fewer points in 148 games.
  • On Sunday, Oregon State (15 points) became the first ASU opponent in six games to reach a double-digit point total in the second quarter. ASU’s previous five opponents scored a combined 28 points in the second quarter (5.6 ppg): Little Rock - 5, SEMO - 5, McNeese - 7 San Francisco - 7, Penn State - 4. Adding OSU’s 15 points, the opponent average is now 7.2 in the last six games.
  • The opposition has had 20 or more turnovers seven times this season, including a trio of 30-plus turnover games: 33 vs. Coppin State (Nov. 3), 31 vs. San Francisco (Dec. 6) and a season-high 36 at Penn State (Dec. 9).
  • As of Dec. 15, Gabby Elliott has the two-highest single-game number of steals in the Big 12 this season: 8 vs. San Francisco, 7 vs. Coppin St.

Winning streaks  

  • ASU’s current 12-game winning streak is its longest since it tied the school record with 15 straight wins during the 2015-16 season. The Sun Devils also reeled 15 consecutive wins in 2008-09 after it started the Pac-10 season 0-2.

Team notes

  • ASU has the top two rebounding games by a Big 12 team this season: vs. Utah Tech (62) & vs. Santa Clara (59). Its rebounding effort vs. Utah Tech represented the third time in the last 25 years it had at least 60 rebounds in a game.
  • ASU has outscored the opposition by an average of 20.7-12.8 in points off turnovers this season... It has had more second chance points than its opponent in all but three games this season. Avg: ASU 10.9-7.0... Its bench has outscored the opposition’s reserves nine times in 12 games this season.
  • ASU has scored 20 or more points in a quarter 15 times this season.
  • In their win at San Diego (Nov. 13), the Sun Devils tied the single-game program record for most 3-pointers in a game (14). As of Dec. 11, ASU’s 63.6 shooting performance from beyond the arc in that game is the second-highest 3-point shooting percentage by a Big 12 team this season.
  • ASU’s 19 steals vs. Coppin State are tied for most by a Big 12 team this season.

Individual player notes

  • Six different players have led or tied for the team lead in scoring: McKinna Brackens (5x), Gabby Elliott (4x), Marley Washenitz (1x), Amaya Williams (1x), Heloisa Carrera (2x) and Jyah LoVett (1).
  • Seven Sun Devils have scored in double figures multiple times: Brackens (11x), Elliott (10x), Washenitz (4x), Carrera (5x), Amaya Williams (4x), Last-Tear Poa (2x) and LoVett (2x).
  • Five different players have led or tied for the team lead in rebounding: Brackens (7x), Elliott (3x), Washenitz (1x), Carrera (1x) and Deborah Davenport (1x). Elliott’s 16-rebound performance at Santa Clara, is tied for the most by a player in the Big 12 this season.
  • Elliott has ASU’s two highest single-game scoring totals this season: 27 points at Penn State (Dec. 9), 24 points at San Diego (Nov. 13). In the contest at San Diego, Elliott knocked down six 3-pointers, one short of tying the single-game program record. In her last five games, Elliott leads the team in points per game (15.4), field goals (31), and steals per game (3.8).
  • Brackens (double figures in scoring in last 10 games) scored a career-high 23 points in consecutive games: at Santa Clara (Nov. 16) and vs. UNLV (Nov. 22). During the 10-game streak she has scored in double figures, Brackens is averaging 15.2 ppg, 8.1 rpg and is shooting 52.3 pct., including 50.0 pct 3FGs/9-18.
  • Four different players have posted double-doubles this season: Brackens (5/11th in NCAA), Elliott (1), Poa (1) and Carrera (1).
  • Poa (10 assists vs. SEMO and vs. Coppin State) and Williams (11 assists at San Diego) have combined for three double-digit assist games this season. Williams’ 11 assists were the most for a Sun Devil in a single game since current graduate assistant Reili Richardson had 11 at Colorado State on Dec. 9, 2018. Poa hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 16 seconds remaining in overtime in ASU’s 55-53 win at Oregon State (Dec. 14).

#HailMarley

Anyone who saw what turned out to be the game-winning 3-pointer made by Marley Washenitz in the Sun Devil women’s basketball team’s 56-53 win over UNLV on Nov. 22 – and is old enough to remember – might just have harkened back to the commercials of the early 90s that featured basketball Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Larry Bird challenging each other over and over again to make improbable shots, something like a game of H-O-R-S-E.

What shot would Washenitz have challenged her opponent to make on that Saturday? This is what came to be known as the #HailMarley: With only seconds remaining in the game, the shot clock about to expire, with her back to the basket, save the ball before it rolls out of bounds and – in the same motion – turn around and fling a left-handed 3-pointer off the glass. For Washenitz, who came into the game having scored in double figures in each of ASU’s first four games of the season, the improvisational shot was the first – and only – of her seven field goal attempts of the game that resulted in points.

Big 12 schedule notes

  • When ASU hosts Colorado in its first Big 12 contest on Dec. 21, it will be the squad’s first home game since Dec. 6. Prior to the contest vs. Colorado will be road games at Penn State (Tues., Dec. 9), at Oregon State (Sun., Dec. 14), and at Gonzaga (Tues., Dec. 16).
  • After the conference opener against Colorado, ASU will have its longest gap of the season between games (10 days). It will resume Big 12 play with consecutive road games in the state of Utah (at Utah on Dec. 31 and at BYU on Jan. 3). Following a home contest vs. UCF (Jan. 7), ASU will play at TCU (Jan. 11), the third time in four games it will be on the road following the holiday break.
  • When ASU hosts Arizona on Jan. 28, it will be the first of three straight home games and four of five overall. Contests vs. Kansas State (Feb. 1) and Oklahoma State (Dec. 4) at Desert Financial Arena will precede ASU’s only road game in the stretch, at Baylor on Feb. 7). The span will conclude with a rematch vs. Utah in Tempe (Feb. 11).
  • ASU’s game at West Virginia (Jan. 21) will be the second time the Sun Devils will be playing more than 2,000 miles away from home in 2025-26. The first instance will take place on Dec. 9 at Penn State, the first of three consecutive road games ASU will play on the road to conclude the non-conference portion of its schedule. After playing at West Virginia, ASU will play a second consecutive road game at Cincinnati (Jan. 24).